# Extending panel applet menu **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\ **Created:** [December 28, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extending-panel-applet-menu/156470 "2008-12-28T15:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jacob\_Bower](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jacob\_Bower](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jacob_Bower)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extending-panel-applet-menu/156470/1 "2008-12-28T15:07:57Z")
Hi, Can someone please help me, I’m developing a panel applet using Ruby-gnome2 and I can’t seem to find a way to extend the default panel menu. When developing in C I gather the easiest way to do this normally would be to construct the applet using the panel\_applet\_setup\_menu\_from\_file() function but this doesn’t seem to implemented in the ruby panel-applet library. There is a method PanelApplet.popup\_component(), but I can’t see how to use this. Can some please give me an example? Thanks in advance, - Jacob ---
**Author:** ![Jacob\_Bower](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jacob\_Bower](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jacob_Bower)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extending-panel-applet-menu/156470/2 "2008-12-30T02:54:34Z")
Hi, In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) “[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] Extending panel applet menu” on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:44:12 +0000, “Jacob Bower” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Can someone please help me, I’m developing a panel applet using > Ruby-gnome2 and I can’t seem to find a way to extend the default panel > menu. When developing in C I gather the easiest way to do this > normally would be to construct the applet using the > panel\_applet\_setup\_menu\_from\_file() function but this doesn’t seem to > implemented in the ruby panel-applet library. > > There is a method PanelApplet.popup\_component(), but I can’t see how > to use this. Can some please give me an example? It seems that you can’t do it with the current Ruby/PanelApplet and Ruby/BonoboUI2. We lack the maintainer for them. If you (or someone) help us, they provide features to do what you want. The Ruby-GNOME2 Project Team needs your help. ## Thanks, kou